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Lily's Kitchen · dry

Lily’s Kitchen Senior Dogs Dry Food review

DryAdultSeniorGrain freeNaturalWeight managementJoint careSkin and coat
Good

A solid, honest dry food. Just 17% declared meat content, and the label tells you exactly what is inside. Feeding it costs about £1.64 a day for a typical adult dog - the breakdown below shows exactly what that buys.

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Top 34%scores higher than 67% of rated foodsacross all 3530 foods we've scored
Goodscore bandthe dot marks where it sits among every food we've rated
£1.64 approx.per day for a 15 kg dogcheaper than 5% of dry foods
17%declared meat content
356kcal per 100 g

Where the points went

The full breakdown, exactly as the algorithm scored it. How our rating works

Ingredient quality
Weighted ingredient quality 77/100 across 23 ingredients (declared percentages used for 10, position estimates for the rest).
30.9 / 40
Label clarity
Every ingredient individually named (+5); percentages cover 51% of the recipe (+3); meat sources named (+2); recipe reads as a fixed formula (+2).
12 / 15
Additives
No artificial colours, flavours, controversial preservatives or added sugars found.
10 / 10
Red flags
No red-flag ingredients.
0 / 0
Meat content
Declared meat content 43% (added up from every named meat on the label).
13.6 / 15
Nutritional balance
Estimated carbohydrate 51% dry matter (high); fat 12.5% DM in the healthy band; moisture not declared - 8% assumed for the dry-matter maths; fibre 3.8% DM (+2); ash 7.6% DM - sensible mineral load (+2); functional extras: omega-3 source, named botanicals, joint support (+2).
6.6 / 10
Processing
Assumed extruded kibble (standard high-heat process).
6 / 10
ODF Score
Algorithm v1.4.0 · scored July 28, 2026 · full methodology public
79 / 100

Our analysis

Breaking the 79 down: the biggest single loss is ingredient quality, where it takes 30.9 of a possible 40. Its strongest showing is additives at 10 of 10.

The label declares 17% meat, which is a low figure, and a declared low figure is still more honest than silence, and the ingredient list names things individually rather than hiding them in catch-all categories.

At about £1.64 a day to feed a 15kg dog, the question is not whether it is cheap but whether the label justifies the price - and on our scoring, it broadly does.

Ingredients

Straight from the label, grouped by role - every ingredient is coloured by our published classification and links to its full page.

Meat & fish

Turkey 17%Trout 13%Seasonal White Fish 13%

Fruit & veg

Sweet PotatoesPotatoesWhole LentilsWhole Peas 4%Pea ProteinSeaweed

Oils & fats

Salmon Oil 1.5%

Supplements & extras

EggFish StockBotanicals & Herbs 1%AlfalfaChickweedCleaversGoldenrodNettlesDandelion RootCelery SeedsMilk ThistleBurdock RootMarigold FlowersRosehipsNutritional YeastFlaxseed 0.7%MineralsJoint Care MixGlucosamine 1500mg/kgChondroitin Sulphate 1500mg/kgMethylsulfonylmethane 1400mg/kgPsylliumGreen Lipped Mussel Extract 0.3%Turmeric 0.1%BoswelliaGinger 0.03%Ginkgo Biloba
Good qualityAcceptable / watch the amountRed flagGeneric / neutralOutlined = first five on the label

Feeding & cost

What a bag actually costs to feed - worked out per dog, not per pack.

Pack sizeRRPPer kg
12 kg£97.00£8.08

How heavy is your dog?

A typical 15 kg adult dog needs about 203 g a day = £1.64 / day, £49.86 / month.

How we work this out
  1. Energy: an adult dog at rest needs about 95 × weight0.75 kcal a day (the FEDIAF maintenance formula - a 15 kg dog works out near 725 kcal).
  2. Portion: divide that by this food's energy density, 356 kcal/100g, to get the grams above - a denser food needs fewer grams.
  3. Cost: multiply the grams by this food's price, £8.08 / kg, for the daily cost, then by 30.4 days for the month.

Estimates scale to your dog's weight and the food's calorie density - a denser food needs fewer grams. A rough guide; always follow the pack. Try the full feeding calculator

Nutrition

Declared analysis converted to a dry-matter basis, so wet and dry foods compare fairly.

Protein

25 % DM
Directory average: 28.2

Fat

12.5 % DM
Directory average: 14.9

Est. carbs

51.1 % DM
Directory average: 45.1

Fibre

3.8 % DM
Directory average: 3.7

Ash

7.6 % DM
Directory average: 7.9

Energy

356 kcal/100g
Directory average: 374

Moisture isn't declared on this label - dry-matter figures assume 8% (typical for a dry food) and are marked estimated.

Carbohydrates are estimated: 100% minus protein, fat, fibre, ash and moisture.

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Same type and life stage, better ODF Score, comparable price per day.

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